#5BA3AD#5BA3AD

#5BA3AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.074 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BA3AD
RGB	rgb(91, 163, 173)
HSL	hsl(187, 33%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(187, 47%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 5.8%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.87, -19.81, -12.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.87, 23.26, 211.60°)
OKLab	oklab(67.23% -0.0655 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(67.23% 0.074 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.9515, 31.4336, 44.2795)
Luminance	0.3144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BA3AD #AD655B

analogous

#5BAD8E #5BA3AD #5B7AAD

triadic

#5BA3AD #AD5BA3 #A3AD5B

tetradic

#5BA3AD #8E5BAD #AD655B #7AAD5B

square

#5BA3AD #8E5BAD #AD655B #7AAD5B

split-complementary

#5BA3AD #AD5B7A #AD8E5B

monochromatic

#2F595E #447F87 #5BA3AD #84BAC1 #ADD1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#5BA3AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#5BA3AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BA3AD

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BA3AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BA3AD	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989EAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B94AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FA9A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ba3ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 163, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.074 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbec5',
    500: '#5ba3ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ba3ad;
$custom-light: #8fbec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ba3ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.317,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67232,
    "c": 0.07362,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BA3AD

secondary

#C4A4A0

accent

#6B5EC9

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1212

muted

#7E8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BA3AD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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